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Long Haul Truck Driver

Employer

Rainbow Transport Employees Inc.

Date Posted

November 25, 2025

Languages

English
  • Location Acheson, AB
  • Earnings $34.00 to $36.00 hourly (to be negotiated)
  • Work Hours 50 to 60 hours per week
  • Position Permanent Full Time
  • Vacancies 3  Vacancies
  • Closing Date Dec 22, 2025
Job Requirements

Employer

Rainbow Transport Employees Inc.

Languages

English

Education

No degree, certificate or diploma

Tasks

  • Plan or adjust routes based on changing conditions, using computer equipment, global positioning systems (GPS) equipment, or other navigation devices, to minimize fuel consumption and carbon emissions
  • Mountain driving expertise
  • Professionalism in customer service
  • Load and unload goods
  • Obtain special permits and other documents required to transport cargo on international routes
  • Operate and drive straight or articulated trucks to transport goods and materials
  • Oversee condition of vehicle and inspect tires, lights, brakes, cold storage and other equipment
  • Perform brake adjustments
  • Perform pre-trip, en route and post-trip inspection and oversee all aspects of vehicle
  • Tarping and ensuring safety and security of cargo
  • Transport and handle dangerous goods

Type of trucking and equipment

  • Extended length tractor-trailer combination
  • Flatbed
  • Refrigerated
  • Straight truck (4,600kg+ or 10,000lbs+ with 3+ axles)
  • Tractor-trailer
  • Tractor-trailer A train
  • Tractor-trailer B train

Transportation/travel experience

  • Long-haul
  • National
  • Short-haul

Area of specialization

Truck driving

Security and safety

Criminal record check

Transportation/travel information

Valid driver's licence

Work conditions and physical capabilities

  • Attention to detail
  • Sitting

Personal suitability

  • Efficient interpersonal skills
  • Excellent oral communication
  • Excellent written communication
  • Flexibility
  • Judgement
  • Organized
  • Reliability
  • Team player
  • Hardworking
  • Patience

Screening questions

Are you willing to relocate for this position?

Experience

2 years to less than 3 years

Employment terms options

  • Night
  • Day
  • Weekend

Workplace information

On the road job

Health benefits

  • Dental plan
  • Health care plan
  • Vision care benefits

Financial benefits

  • Bonus
  • Group insurance benefits
  • Life insurance
  • Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP)

Other benefits

  • Free parking available
  • Learning/training paid by employer
  • Other benefits
  • Parking available

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Interest Codes & Abilities
The Long Haul Truck Driver is part of the following larger National Occupational Classification (NOC).

Interest Codes

Long-Haul Truck Drivers
METHODICAL

Interest in copying to record cargo information, distance travelled, fuel consumption and other information in log books or on on-board computers, and to obtain special permits and other documents required to transport cargo on international routes; and in performing pre-trip inspections of vehicle systems and equipment such as tires, lights, brakes, and cold storage

OBJECTIVE

Interest in driving straight and articulated trucks to transport goods and materials; may drive as part of a two-person team or convoy, and may transport hazardous products and dangerous goods

directive

Interest in speaking to communicate with dispatchers and other drivers using citizens' band (CB) radios, cellular telephones and on-board computers; and in overseeing all aspects and functions of vehicle such as condition of equipment, loading and unloading, and safety and security of cargo

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